Date	Topic	Assignment
January 7	What is anthropology? Why do we do it?
January 12	The structure and history of anthropology in the US and Europe	Kottak, Ch. 1
January 14	Anthropological Culture	Kottak, Ch. 2
January 19	Lecture/Discussion: Who do we study, and why? Problems and challenges of fieldwork.	“Shakespeare in the Bush” (on reserve)
January 21	Film: Trobriand Cricket	Kottak, Ch. 12
January 26	Kinship and family	Kottak, Ch. 18
January 28	Marriage and incest	Kottak, Ch. 19
February 2	Race, ethnicity, and cultural relativism	Kottak, Ch. 14
February 4	Film: Evolution and Human Equality	Kottak pp. 121-131
February 9	Exercise and Review Session for Cultural Anthropology Exam	Read over review sheet
February 11	Cultural Anthropology Exam
February 16	Physical/Biological Anthropology: Evolution and Genetics	Kottak, Ch. 5
February 18	Mechanisms of Natural Selection
February 23	Primates: Monkeys and Apes	Kottak, Ch. 7
February 25	Early Hominids	Kottak, Ch. 8
March 2	More Recent Hominids	Kottak, Ch. 9
March 4	Language and Linguistics	Kottak, Ch. 13
March 6-14	Spring Break	No Class
March 16	Film: Can Chimps Talk?
March 18	Human Communication and Review Session	“Language, Appearance, and Reality” and “Why Don’t You Say What You Mean?” on reserve
March 23	Biological Anthropology Exam
March 25	The Problem of Archaeology: Archaeological vs. Anthropological culture	Kottak Ch. 4
March 30	Pre-Agricultural Human Societies
April 1	Good Friday Break	No Class
April 6	Political systems and population increase	Kottak, Ch. 10
April 8	Film: Out of the Past
April 13	Urbanization and Inequality	Kottak, Ch. 11
April 15	Film: First Contact
April 20	When Cultures Meet	Kottak, Ch. 23
April 22	Anthropology, Archaeology, and Politics Short review for Archaeology Exam	Last Day of Classes